#EDTECH

A little story: “Everything you need to learn to be a rocket scientist is available online, right now, for free."Several years ago, @BenBlair (my husband) and @JoshStanley (my brother) learned
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1/ With humility,speaking now just to other white nurse educators (like me!)We're on the cusp of a new semesterStill living throughA pandemicwhite insurrectionist coup& unprecedented moral injury So in the
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Thread. On my new post. This is a massive ~7k words piece!I write abt the 'Indus Valley' playbook. Indus Valley is tour desi startup ecosystem, and the Indus Valley playbook
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It's been a year in the making...Today, @wes_kao and I are announcing a $4.32M seed round led by @firstround for our new companyWe're building a platform for Cohort-Based Courses (CBCs):
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Thoughts at what key vectors edtech in extra-currics should think through and why @whitehatjunior is a great proposition - 1) Kids should find the course cool2) Parents should link it
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Friends: I'm at a professional conference this week. Hearing a report that when presenters use breakout rooms, people are leaving sessions en masse. Shall we discuss?#HigherEd #HowToZoom#AcademicChatter So y'all have
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There's no such thing as "remote learning."There is learning. It happens.A lot of what is called "remote learning" is content delivery within systems where admins have starved teachers of options
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How do big tech companies get so involved in education? My whole job is documenting this right now. Here's one e.g.Salesforce is suddenly all over HE in the UK. Got
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1/ Someone replied, "Say more please" so here's a quick thread on the thesis: "Most multiple choice exams are trash: a play in 6 acts"*Note: Education researchers have been doing
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One subtle example & manifestation of thinking that pretends online education is a new phenomena and/or doesn’t acknowledge or know some of the body of work behind it - is
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EdTech history is so important, because some ideas repeat over and over. "Video lectures are the new textbook" 9/9/2020 from @mattyglesias in @voxdotcom & circa 1913 from Thomas Edison. But
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To all the developers who feel they are ready for their first break but having trouble on their job hunt Consider early staged (preseed/series A) startups as your first company.
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What comes first, the chicken or the egg?When considering the revival of the apprenticeship model, too much focus is given to the economics and the social aspect is nearly entirely
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WTF is wrong with @BYJUS?I got a call from one of my Relative, The Sales guy pitched her wife to get the kid enrolled for some 'Home Learning Plan' She
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I made a quick comparison between Top 2 Android apps by MAU. Here is a complete list. I am also adding all the apps I compared in a thread belowhttps://growthbug.com/face-off-india-top-android-apps-by-mau-dec-2020-bd0a64213b49
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I agree Debra. I read this with a sinking feeling.  I think it’s wrong, dangerous and it exposes rotten thinking at the heart of the education system.  What schools, staff
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